What's In Food? How USDA’s FoodData Central and the Global Branded Food Products Database Supports Nutrition Research
Virtual, Event
August 30, 2023
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Nutrition and dietetics professionals in research, policy development, academia, clinical practice, and food development rely on the availability of accurate food composition data. This type of data is critical to their role in understanding the impact of food on health and disease. To be most informative, food composition databases should reflect branded foods data – including reformulations, and new products. All food and nutrition databases need to address the challenge of staying current to reflect the nutrition of foods in the marketplace.
The USDA Global Branded Food Products Database (GBFPD) is a component of USDA’s FoodData Central. The GBFPD is a Public-Private Partnership between USDA, IAFNS, GS1 US, 1WorldSync, NielsenIQ Label Insight and the University of Maryland. The goal of the Public-Private Partnership is to enhance public health and the sharing of open data in USDA’s FoodData Central with nutrient composition of branded foods and private label data provided by the food industry.
Attendees of this webinar will learn about the Global Branded Food Products Database, including nutrient and data elements never previously available, and how they can use it to provide specific dietary guidance. By applying the GBFPD it is possible for health care professionals and researchers to more accurately link dietary intakes to disease measures and monitor key nutrients important to public health and policy.
Speakers:
Kyle McKillop, MS, FoodData Central Administrator, Food for Health of People and Environment Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA ARS
Alanna Moshfegh, MS, RD Research Leader, Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA ARS
This webinar has been approved for 1.5 CPEUs (level 2) by the Commission for Dietetic Registration.